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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Swallowtails, Parnassians (Papilionidae) » Papilioninae » Fluted Swallowtails (Papilionini) » Papilio » Canadian Tiger Swallowtail - Hodges#4183.2 (Papilio canadensis)
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Eastern or Canadian Tiger Swallowtail? - Papilio canadensis - female
Copyright © 2011 GG LILLY

Eastern or Canadian Tiger Swallowtail? - Papilio canadensis - Female
Swanzey , Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
June 20, 2010
Sunny, 70s, slight breeze, red clover in front yard. I've been enjoying the book Butterflies of the East Coast, an Observer's Guide, by Rick Cech and Guy Tudor. When I looked the range maps in their book, I saw that where I live is where the Canadian and Eastern Tiger Swallowtail species ranges overlap. I think I'm right about this butterfly being a Tiger Swallowtail, but I don't know which species whether it's Canadian or Eastern and how to tell.

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Eastern or Canadian Tiger Swallowtail? - Papilio canadensis - female Eastern or Canadian Tiger Swallowtail? - Papilio canadensis
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Contributed by GG LILLY on 20 June, 2011 - 11:56am
Last updated 21 June, 2011 - 11:57pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… David J. Ferguson, 21 June, 2011 - 11:57pm login or register to post comments

It can be hard to tell, especially from photos sometimes
however, this one looks to me like a female Canadian Tiger Swallowtail - Papilio canadensis. And, yes, it is definitely a Tiger Swallowtail :0)
… David J. Ferguson, 20 June, 2011 - 4:00pm login or register to post comments

 
swallowtail
I agree that this looks like a Canadian.
… Corey Husic, 20 June, 2011 - 6:21pm login or register to post comments

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